Re: [PATCH] xfstests: fix buffer overflow in lstat64.c

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>]

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 04:26:07PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> lstat64.c was putting an 11-byte string into a 10-byte buffer.
> 
> What about somthing like this instead?

That's too easy! :)

Sure, that makes good sense.

-Eric

> 
> Index: xfs-cmds/xfstests/src/lstat64.c
> ===================================================================
> --- xfs-cmds.orig/xfstests/src/lstat64.c	2008-11-12 10:55:16.000000000 +0100
> +++ xfs-cmds/xfstests/src/lstat64.c	2008-11-12 10:55:50.000000000 +0100
> @@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ int
>  main(int argc, char **argv)
>  {
>  	struct stat64	sbuf;
> -	char		mode[10];
>  	int		i, c;
>  	int		terse_flag = 0;
>  
> @@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	time(&timebuf);
>  
>  	for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {
> +		char *mode = "----------";
>  
>  		if( lstat64(argv[i], &sbuf) < 0) {
>  			perror(argv[i]);
> @@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
>  			printf("  Size: %-10llu", (unsigned long long)sbuf.st_size);
>  		}
>  
> -		strcpy(mode,"----------");
>  		if (sbuf.st_mode & (S_IEXEC>>6))
>  			mode[9] = 'x';
>  		if (sbuf.st_mode & (S_IWRITE>>6))
>